Collocations withsense
These are words often used in combination withsense.
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acute sense
His anger imparted his acute sense of betrayal and the necessity of vindicating his maturity.
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aesthetic sense
The aesthetic sense was not separate but intrinsic to his whole procedure and is visible in the eloquence of what he built.
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broad sense
This would be a case of maximizing utility in the broad sense.
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coherent sense
In order to create a clear and coherent sense of policy orientation, they often intervened to ensure the smooth working relationship between state economic institutions.
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conventional sense
It is not appropriate to review the book in the conventional sense.
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deep sense
This clearly causes considerable distress to the family, who obviously feel a deep sense of pain at her expression of grief.
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deepest sense
This sort of study, therefore, is interdisciplinary in the very deepest sense of the word.
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definite sense
Although it uses a wide variety of instrumental techniques entirely seriously, there is also a definite sense of f un beneath the surface.
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developed sense
It is also our initial impression that this reorientation does not occur through narrative - at least not in any developed sense.
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distorted sense
It is due to her laziness, her desire for easy money and her distorted sense of values.
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enhanced sense
On top of all this there were the gains from the game of village politics and the thrill and enhanced sense of worth that stemmed from their association with dacoity.
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exaggerated sense
However, in practice, 'members' seem to have an exaggerated sense of their efficacy; they expect their action to influence the delivery of valued goals.
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false sense
Guidelines can give the practitioner a false sense of security.
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felt sense
Our felt sense of who we are concerns the latter, happiness concerns the former.
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figurative sense
Cumulatively, internal security institutions reveal a geography of state power-in concrete terms of empowerment, capacity, and penetration, and in a figurative sense as well.
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genuine sense
And there is, of course, the genuine sense of curiosity.
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growing sense
Given that local farmers' response to the first two phases of reform had been characterised by a growing sense of ambivalence this seemed unlikely.
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heightened sense
Increased dependence upon the centre, as well as a heightened sense of the border contributed to the development of national identity.
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in the usual sense
In this way we know that it will not 'go wrong' (in the usual sense) during runtime.
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inflated sense of
Each of these architects had an inflated sense of the role of design in society.
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innate sense
Any innate sense of connection with frail older people must be put aside or disciplined as they become trained in the institution's ways.
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intuitive sense
There is no explanation and the selection makes no intuitive sense.
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keen sense
His ' ' unimpressed ' ' visitors therefore left with a ' ' keen sense of disappointment ' ' (65, 60).
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literal sense
From the literal sense of conjecture the qualities 'hastily' and 'carelessly' appear to be carried over to the transferred sense.
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logical sense
A truthmaker should ' make' something true, not in a causal sense, but rather, in what is presumably a logical sense.
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meaningful sense
In a meaningful sense, syntax codifies relationships that hold between various aspects of behavior, which in their totality achieve a particular purpose.
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metaphorical sense
In the first place, it is unlikely that sensory information can be moved to a focus of attention except in a metaphorical sense.
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olfactory sense
The olfactory sense is the sense that soon becomes fatigued and the result is that the smoker cannot smell himself.
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overwhelming sense
In this case, the overwhelming sense of unity and coherence of the work portrayed was the most outstanding quality.
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pejorative sense
And although such responses would necessarily be ad hoc, they would not be in any pejorative sense of that expression.
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pervasive sense
There is the pervasive sense, as in the abstract art of the same period, of a leap into the void.
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philosophical sense
When it comes to architectural theory, historicism in the strict philosophical sense is surely largely discredited.
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practical sense
It is in this practical sense that this study finds underlying importance.
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profound sense
Unlike their dreams of the freedom and openness of western society, often what they find is a profound sense of emptiness that seizes them ferociously.
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renewed sense
Family carers may find a renewed sense of hope by the ' recasting ' of relationships with the impaired person.
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sense of accomplishment
Imagine that for such a person balance would increase his levels of misery and anxiety and decrease his sense of accomplishment.
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sense of adventure
The most obvious and immediately apparent was the sense of adventure.
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sense of alienation
This sense of alienation and resentment is bound up partly in a strong ethnic identity.
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sense of anticipation
Language teaching class felt a sense of anticipation over the mini test of the previous week's vocabular y and the concomitant expectation of teacher praise.
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sense of authenticity
Nakasian's intention, as stated in the liner notes, is to emulate and mimic their styles and inflections in order to bring a sense of authenticity back to vocal jazz.
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sense of autonomy
A sense of agency reflects the desired outcomes of maximising a sense of autonomy, having a say in services and access to appropriate activities.
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sense of awe
This tradition grows out of a sense of awe of human life and a responsibility to continue it.
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sense of balance
This sense of balance is what makes his contrapuntal realisation rhetorically elegant.
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sense of betrayal
His anger imparted his acute sense of betrayal and the necessity of vindicating his maturity.
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sense of calm
He creates an incredible sense of calm through his differently moving lines.
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sense of closure
These final conquests create a sense of closure.
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sense of coherence
These are all cognitive-based features in that they alter a person's view of his or her experience and enables restoration of a sense of coherence.
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sense of community
An inward sense of community, the attachment to a place, is key.
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sense of compassion
The precise nature and location of the threshold is to be determined by the sense of compassion of an impartial spectator.
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sense of complacency
I hope there is no sense of complacency about the situation.
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sense of confidence
The category 'sense of confidence with everyday life ' exemplified the route to successful goal attainment, as perceived by the participants.
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sense of continuity
A certain sense of continuity is provided by the consistent system of lighting.
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sense of decency
It is exemplary not just for the customary academic merits of meticulous research and theoretical acumen, but also for its humanity, for its wonderful sense of decency and detail.
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sense of deja vu
There has been a sense of deja vu about much of the debate.
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sense of deprivation
This social transfiguration, accompanied by an industrial decline, is believed to have caused an acute sense of deprivation amongst the city's subordinate social groups.
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sense of despair
What most of them shared was a sense of despair.
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sense of desperation
The linchamientos cannot be understood without appreciating this sense of desperation.
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sense of dignity
But it might be another to use the second sense of dignity to formulate public policies.
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sense of direction
The history of the idea of the self has a powerful new sense of direction.
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sense of disappointment
His ' ' unimpressed ' ' visitors therefore left with a ' ' keen sense of disappointment ' ' (65, 60).
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sense of dissatisfaction
Maintaining clinical credibility and clinical contact whilst carrying a large university-based workload can lead to a sense of dissatisfaction with both aspects of the role.
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sense of dread
Thoughts of giving up the car filled many with a sense of dread.
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sense of duty
The traditional sense of duty and obligation of the younger generation towards their older generation is being eroded.
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sense of efficacy
Our findings are consistent with the theory that direct participatory models of democracy may encourage a greater sense of efficacy, and possibly, civic engagement.
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sense of embarrassment
The appearances of the party in public reflected this tangible sense of embarrassment.
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sense of empowerment
Benefits can include enhanced glycemic control and a sense of empowerment.
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sense of emptiness
Unlike their dreams of the freedom and openness of western society, often what they find is a profound sense of emptiness that seizes them ferociously.
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sense of entitlement
However, the duration, rigor, intensity, and abusiveness of today's medical education also engender a sense of entitlement to high income, prestige, and social power.
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sense of excitement
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the consultation served to instill a sense of excitement, expectation and anticipation.
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sense of fairness
We are told that they are to trust to the generosity and sense of fairness of the people who practised boycotting and intimidation against them.
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sense of familiarity
Based on cultural identity, these networks may provide a sense of familiarity and security in otherwise foreign contexts.
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sense of foreboding
The authors begin a chapter on ' cultural sensitivity ' by stating that they approached writing the chapter with a sense of foreboding.
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sense of frustration
But they convey that sense of frustration, despair and sheer disbelief all onlookers felt at different times and for different reasons.
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sense of fulfilment
Coming from very poor households, the mere thought of keeping an audience enthralled must be no mean sense of fulfilment.
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sense of futility
Suffering from ' a sense of futility ' (17.8 per cent) was much less frequently cited.
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sense of grandeur
We might feel that it is unreasonably over-conscious of its sense of grandeur.
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sense of gratitude
Yet persons have a strong sense of gratitude toward their parents and this emotional fact suggests that the parents did confer a benefit.
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sense of grievance
Their sense of grievance was 'aggravated' when they heard that the head jobbers had been paid a bonus.
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sense of guilt
From a reading of the narratives in full, it is clear to us that a sense of guilt was never justified.
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sense of harmony
You might say that realization is the sense of harmony of systems and belong to that which wants to exist and it is a sense of the order of things.
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sense of helplessness
Other times, action was mainly done f or the purpose of distraction or to counteract a sense of helplessness.
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sense of hopelessness
Above all, there was a powerful sense of hopelessness, especially among the chronic cases.
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sense of humiliation
It is on this question of a sense of humiliation.
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sense of humour
And you had a great sense of humour: we had many good laughs together.
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sense of identity
It is a subjective sense of identity.
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sense of immediacy
There is a sense of immediacy in the communication between artist and the individual audience member, a commonality of feeling and conceptualisation that is shared.
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sense of inadequacy
The speaker in ex. 7 explains that her doctors' view of things differed from her own, and that they imposed on her a sense of inadequacy and failure.
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sense of individuality
Moreover, actresses' improved status was possible only because society was tacitly accepting a wider sense of individuality for women in general.
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sense of inevitability
The sense of inevitability seems, well, inevitable in such retrospective renderings, given the dot-connecting intrinsic to timeline-type portraits.
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sense of inferiority
This was further sharpened by an occasional, and probably well-disguised, sense of inferiority that reminded her rather painfully of her roots.
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sense of injustice
A common theme in the complaints of healthy detainees was a sense of injustice that arose from the seeming futility of their incarceration.
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sense of insecurity
And almost every leader seems haunted by a relentless sense of insecurity.
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sense of intimacy
In such a cultural climate, a sense of intimacy with another person is not a sufficient reason for marriage, and sexuality does not belong to the individual's autonomous realm.
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sense of irony
With a characteristic sense of irony, he used the example of the controversial needle exchange proposals.
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sense of isolation
The elevators were frequently not working, increasing the sense of isolation, especially for the elderly.
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sense of joy
Nilsson's writing communicates the tremendous sense of joy children experience when given the opportunity to work with musical materials on their own terms.
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sense of justice
The subjects also had a strong sense of justice.
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sense of loneliness
In this context, the sense of loneliness partly expresses a fear of destitution and abandonment in old age.
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sense of loss
An abiding sense of loss and longing seems the necessary accompaniment of assuming responsibility for our own fate, individually and collectively.
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sense of loyalty
For such an attachment to exist there must have been a spirit of belonging to the court among the minstrels and some sense of loyalty to the crown.
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sense of mastery
There were no differences between the groups in sense of mastery.
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sense of morality
The nursery songs were mainly taught to students in order to develop musicality, an intrinsic feeling for beauty and a sense of morality.
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sense of mystery
By hiding the interior in this way, a sense of mystery and exclusion is created.
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sense of nationalism
Their political visibility heightened a sense of nationalism and a laager mentality, which made the locals more xenophobic about them.
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sense of nationhood
A country that was civilized possessed a sense of nationhood, and as such displayed the political (and moral) capacity for self-determination.
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sense of nostalgia
It is not too surprising, then, to find a sense of nostalgia among the biases of academic writing.
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sense of obligation
However, refusals appear to be made up of two different constructs, the speaker's difficulty and speaker's sense of obligation.
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sense of optimism
There is little of the older liberals' reformism or sense of optimism in the representative regime.
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sense of outrage
A sense of outrage and of action is warranted.
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sense of ownership
According to this study, the sense of ownership of the technology by the community was low as those demonstrations were set up by 'outsiders'.
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sense of panic
In response to an increasing sense of panic over failures to exercise adequate control, calls increased for the adoption of some degree of compulsion in self-help schemes.
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sense of patriotism
This period saw the adoption of various educational reforms designed to instill a sense of patriotism and the mobilization of women for the nation.
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sense of powerlessness
The findings show that service providers experience significant levels of concern and frustration and a sense of powerlessness in meeting the needs of such clients.
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sense of pride
A sense of pride may also have encouraged some people to underreport the impact of financial difficulties on their quality of life.
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sense of professionalism
This unilateral privilege to initiate review is essential for resident physicians and other physicians in training to learn to develop and rely on their own sense of professionalism.
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sense of proportion
A sense of proportion and judgment in their combination and deployment is crucial in the critic or scholar.
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sense of propriety
The most humane actions require no self-denial, no self-command, no great exertion of the sense of propriety.
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sense of purpose
The health authority's representatives again sought to establish a sense of purpose and to embody this in a method of working.
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sense of regret
Acceptance and accommodation to change were sometimes accompanied by a sense of regret or even a negative outlook.
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sense of relief
With neither patients nor family members present, laughter erupted, dispelling the tension, and creating an unexpected and welcome sense of relief.
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sense of responsibility
This immediately rules out the sense of responsibility that goes with the concept of desert.
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sense of satisfaction
But perhaps they experience a certain perverse sense of satisfaction, a distorted sort of pleasure.
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sense of self-respect
A sense of self-respect is essential to dignity, but must not lead to brutish noisiness, selfcomplacency, self-pity, exhibitionism, arrogance, and the like.
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sense of self-worth
Dignified defiance is mostly fueled by dignity as a virtue, a strong sense of self-worth, courage, wisdom, temperance, and justice.
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sense of shame
I cannot think of this action being taken without a deep sense of shame.
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sense of smell
The composition of the scent, which is responsible for stimulating the sense of smell in insects.
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sense of solidarity
Perhaps the presentation of economic and political objectives of the unions undervalues the development of a sense of solidarity.
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sense of stability
For older children, the connections among siblings may promote a sense of stability even when adults change.
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sense of superiority
This he could not bear, for it obliged him to be continually making efforts to preserve his own sense of superiority.
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sense of taste
Tinned herring have been thoroughly spoiled for anyone with any sense of taste by being deluged in cheap tomato sauce.
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sense of timing
Nonetheless, the idea of applying an internalised sense of timing as a form-giving procedure is present in both musical examples.
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sense of touch
Their stereognosis (the capacity to perceive volumes) is due only to the sense of touch.
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sense of unease
There will inevitably be a deep sense of unease and unhappiness.
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sense of unity
Yet despite the unfolding tragedy, these shared experiences also brought a sense of unity to the professionals attending the conference.
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sense of unreality
To this sense of unreality is added yet another feature.
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sense of urgency
Some made a forced return from leave, expressing a sense of urgency uncharacteristic of ordinary project life.
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sense of vocation
I agree with everybody who has said that a sense of vocation must exceed the attraction of the reward in this job.
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sense of vulnerability
This stage creates a sense of vulnerability for most patients.
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sense of well-being
He cast a dark shadow over the country's sense of well-being, a bad dream that would not go away.
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sense of wholeness
For him, beauty is a sense of wholeness.
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sense of wonder
Both performers shared a sense of wonder and curiosity about the experience with instruments.
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sense of worth
It is a way of becoming visible and aesthetically pleasing, and it bestows a sense of worth and achievement in skills learnt through dancing.
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strict sense
In a strict sense, there is nothing passive about removing a surgically implanted feeding tube or extubating a patient undergoing mechanical ventilation.
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strong sense
Consequently, law as practical reasonableness mediates between the different conceptions of law, but they do not constitute one concept in any strong sense.
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tactile sense
For example, sensory hairs are also used for the tactile sense, detecting objects and organisms up close rather than via water disturbances from afar.
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uncanny sense
Barton's musical presence reiterates this uncanny sense of place.
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well-developed sense
That should be of assurance to new countries coming in, which have a well-developed sense of statehood.
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wry sense
His wry sense of humour was used to very good effect, although it was often aimed at his own party.
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